NightBloom’s members have many differant skills. One is teaching music. They together took the time to make a guitar book for beginners.
Nightbloom Music is a Music Business created by Marlene Jones-Skurtu and Jasmine Skurtu.They provide music lessons, songwriting, production, notation, and performance by the duo “Nightbloom” in concerts, weddings, churches, parties, restaurants and nightclubs. Both mother and daughter can also inspire you with individual performance or licensing of their music for the media. Their genres include “everything from acoustic to aloha with a twist of flamenco.”
Nightbloom will put out their first album in mid 2010. The album will be out on the Tate Music Group label. Keep a Look out for the album named "Come Fall in Love".
Marlene Jones-Skurtu began playing guitar at 12 and writing songs at 13. After spending some years as a missionary and raising four children, she returned to college with her kids to learn more about music. After attending the same colleges as Jasmine, she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music from UH in 2007.
She also is part of the Worship Team at King’s Cathedral, Oahu and performs with Nightbloom, and gives private music lessons. She is working towards doing her own production of their songs, and licensing them for television, radio, and film.
Jasmine Skurtu began singing before she could say sentences, and started winning music awards in Middle School. She began studying guitar at Kapiolani Community College, and earned a Bachelor of Music Degree in Guitar Performance from University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2008.
In the midst of her studies, she went with her mother, Marlene, to spend a summer in Spain to learn Flamenco. She also is an accomplished vocalist, having been a part of the top choirs at UH. She currently performs at various venues in Hawaii alone and with Nightbloom, including being part of the Worship Team at King’s Cathedral, Oahu.
NightBloom’s guitar book is maent for beginners to intermediate level guitar players. It is not available in stores yet. To obtain the book contact us.
"Guitar ABC's and 123's" by Jasmine Skurtu and Marlene Jones-Skurtu brings to the beginning to intermediate guitar student a complete and easy guide to the guitar. Containing photos of strings, the guitar, and finger placement, and bringing large notation and diagrams, this book makes it easy to glance back and forth from music to fingers!
This book teaches you three languages--notation, tab reading, and chords. Sample songs have been placed for easy learning of rhythms, as well as songs for duets and trios.
Soon to be sold on the internet, "Guitar ABC's and 123's" is now only available to our personal guitar students.If you fill out the form or contact us at: info@NightbloomMusic.com we will send you the information on how to obtain the book.
Page 18(coming soon)
Page 20-21 Strings 3 & 4 (coming soon)
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